In the year 1998 Eva Longoria won the Miss Corpus Christi district beauty pageant. Corpus Christi is a city in the state of Texas, USA. This win gave the beautiful Eva the opportunity to compete in a talent show in Los Angeles which later opened the path to her career. The former beauty queen is best known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC TV series Desperate Housewives, for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actor Guild Award nominations.
She has been referred to as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. The Actress is also associated with various philanthropic projects such as Eva’s Heroes, a charity which helps developmentally disabled children. She is the national spokesperson for PADRES Contra El Cancer. She unveiled her wax statue at Madame Tussauds museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.